About us
Company background
Altitude, founded in 2007, is made up of a core team of five members with many years of combined IT experience.
Robin Smallwood - CEO
Robin has been in IT for over 20 years. After studying Computer Science and Business Studies at the University of Buckingham he joined WS Atkins in 1990 as an IT consultant.
During his career he has been a consultant for many blue-chip companies, including Going Places, Lastminute.com, STA Travel and Avis. He has also worked for Rapid Travel Solutions.
Antony Makepeace - Client Support Manager
Antony has been in hardware and software development and support since the early 1980s. Following his studies of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing, Antony has gained experience in many areas of business while working for companies such as: ICL, Wessex Water, Baxter Healthcare, Zurich Municipal, Standard Life and Rapid Travel Solutions.
In 1999 he set up his own IT company, Sysology Ltd, with Robin. He then went on to form Altitude in 2007.
David Naylor - Development Team Leader
David holds three degrees in IT and computer science and has been building and designing professional software systems since 2001.
He has experience in a broad range of markets, including banking, healthcare, communications, travel and content management systems.
Steve Mountfield - Non-executive Director
Steve graduated from Kingston Business School in 1991 with a degree in Business Information Technology. He started his career consulting for the public sector and investment bankers, before joining Rapid Travel Solutions as COO managing the operational growth of the business until its acquisition by Telewest PLC in 2001.
Alongside his Non-executive Director role at Altitude - providing support for the direction and operational growth of the business - Steve is also currently the COO of CliniSys and the Non-executive Chairman of Clicktools Ltd.
David Gwynne-Evans - Non-executive Finance Director
David trained with Coopers & Lybrand qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1993.
He left practice in 1995 to become Finance Director of The Jim Henson Company. After seven years David set up his own accountancy practice providing financial and tax advice to SMEs in the South East.